#deathbed

I'm very proud of my gold pocket watch. My grandfather, on his deathbed, sold me this watch. ↗

— Woody Allen

#gold #grandfather #his #i #me

Individuals approaching death often experience encounters with their dead relatives, who seem to welcome them to the next world. These deathbed visions are authentic and convincing; they are often followed by a state of euphoria and seem to ease the transition. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

#authentic #convincing #dead #death #deathbed

I want to be able to say on my deathbed that I reached a few people. That would be very nice, just to be able to say that. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#deathbed #few #few people #i #just

When I'm on my deathbed, I'll hopefully be able to count more friends than parts that I had. ↗

— Nicholas Lea

#count #deathbed #friends #had #hopefully

Arnold Bennett was a writer I admired. He was actually taking notes at his father's deathbed. ↗

— Hugh Leonard

#admired #arnold #bennett #deathbed #father

I've always got my eye on my deathbed. ↗

— Martin Freeman

#deathbed #eye #got #i

It is a dreadful thing to wait and watch for the approach of death; to know that hope is gone, and recovery impossible; and to sit and count the dreary hours through long, long, nights - such nights as only watchers by the bed of sickness know. It chills the blood to hear the dearest secrets of the heart, the pent-up, hidden secrets of many years, poured forth by the unconscious helpless being before you; and to think how little the reserve, and cunning of a whole life will avail, when fever and delirium tear off the mask at last. Strange tales have been told in the wanderings of dying men; tales so full of guilt and crime, that those who stood by the sick person's couch have fled in horror and affright, lest they should be scared to madness by what they heard and saw; and many a wretch has died alone, raving of deeds, the very name of which, has driven the boldest man away. ("The Drunkard's Death") ↗

— Charles Dickens

#deathbed-confession #dying #dying-last-words #death

I dare say you are planning on a late repentance. You do not know what you are doing. You are planning without God. Repentance and faith are the gifts of God, and they are gifts that He often withholds, when they have been long offered in vain. I grant you true repentance is never too late, but I warn you at the same time, late repentance is seldom true. I grant you, one penitent thief was converted in his last hours, that no man might despair; But I warn you, only one was converted, that no man might presume. I grant you it is written, Jesus is ‘Able to save completely those who come to God through him’ (Hebrews 7:25). But I warn you, it is also written by the same Spirit, ‘Since you rejected me when I called and no one gave heed when I stretched out my hand, I in turn will laugh at your disaster; I will mock when calamity overtakes you’ (Proverbs 1:24-26). Believe me, you will find it no easy matter to turn to God whenever you please. ↗

— J.C. Ryle

#repentance #faith

Now, now my good man, this is no time to be making enemies." (Voltaire on his deathbed in response to a priest asking him that he renounce Satan.) ↗

— Voltaire

#enemies #satan #enemy

He never admitted anything, even on his deathbed. He was a deluded liar. If it weren't for my father, I don't think I would be so open. So that's a huge blessing. ↗

— Anne Heche

#anything #blessing #deathbed #deluded #even